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| | From:  shef© (Original Message) | Sent: 5/13/2008 12:44 PM |
We're finally going home  After the third tenant turned to shit (literally), Dick found a job in HB and we're moving back into our home. I'm sick of renting to losers who don't give a shit about where they live or who has to clean up after them.We've spent the last week loading alcohol bottles and rat chewed crap onto a truck, (well two trucks -and still more to go) and I've been washing crap off walls and ceilings. Dick's fixed the rat-holes in the walls  we've laid bait, we're cleaning the carpets and it'll be like a new house when we go home!! LOL the poor reporter nearly lost her latte when she came round-the poor girl got too close to some of the garbage left there. The cops that came round were appaulled at what they saw, we rang CYFs but because she'd taken her children out of the house they didn't want to know. Poor Dick is blaming himself because he was there six weeks before she left and didn't pick up on it. She'd hidden the rubbish behind doors (woodboxes, sleepout, cupboards, under the house, in the cellar -even behind the bushes in the garden )He did mention that he was worried she might smoke dope because he could smell incense!! PMSL) So I'm job hunting (again) I'll take anything that's going, at best a personal chef for someone rich - otherwise I'll find a job at the supermarket  Tenant from hell leaves trash trail 10.05.2008
| Kate Newton "This is only the beginning," Dick Fairweather says as he opens the door of his woodshed to reveal it almost full to the top with bulging rubbish bags. They aren't his, and although they came as a surprise when he opened the shed doors they weren't really a surprise at all. The tenant he and his wife let their Raukawa house out to so they could work on a high country station trashed their treasured home. The woman tagged her name in the couple's fridge, on the bottom of their drawers and left them with a house full of rat faeces and a bank account short a couple of months' rent. | | | | | | | | The Fairweathers were tipped off that the woman, who for 18 months had been a good tenant, was planning to "do a runner", and when they arrived at the house found it was too late. The woman, whom they had chosen from 48 applicants because she presented well and with the support of her mother and a reference, left them with a house full of rubbish, stuffed in cupboards and under the house, which they expected would take a week and a few hundred dollars to remove. There was also the stress of having to establish whether the house had been used as a P lab, when a stain that looked like iodine was spotted. "The insurance wouldn't have covered it and there's no way I would be able to let it out and have it on my conscience," Mr Fairweather said, knowing P contaminates a house. The piles of rubbish were a heartbreaking discovery for the couple whose house had been their pride and joy before moving to work as a tractor driver and cook on the station. They had redecorated, including putting new carpet in the bedrooms, when the woman moved in and had given her their 0800 number if she had any problems. "We're having to think about moving back in, we just can't afford any more damage, but we love where we are living." Despite efforts to find the woman, they still have no idea where she has gone. To help other landlords avoid a similar situation, Mr Fairweather is advising people to check a new Ministry of Justice website. At www.tenancytribunal.govt.nz landlords can enter a potential tenant's name and see if they have had an order made against them. Mr Fairweather said he would be doing police checks and verifying references if he decides to get more tenants into the house. | |
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Oh Dear! It seems more common than you might think. A friend has just finished cleaning up a property of his in an identical state. I was fortunate the only time I rented out. I had some young people in there, and they really looked after the place. The only comments the neighbours had, was about the odd orgy that occurred - and I think they secretly wouldnt have minded attending actually..... |
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Did teaching kids to respect other people's property go out of fashion 20-30 years ago without me noticing? In other words that is not the first time I have heard that happening. In a couple of streets with high numbers of housing corp houses near here there has been constant problems with the bush reserve behind them filling up with rubbish. The policy of having to pay per bag for rubbish collection has been blaimed for much of that. My sister and BIL bought their house for a song because it had been let to bad tenants. Half the kitchen was missing presumed sold as had the more valuable parts of the fireplace surroundings (this is a victorian villa). Clearing it and the back yard out produced a pile of rubbish 4 metres high that covered the small front yard, 4 jumbo bins worth. One of the weirder finds was a pile of over 20 decomposing teddybear heads. Sis was surprised to discover that the backyard had a leveled section with a beautifully built brick retaining wall a couple of feet high with steps. It was completely buried under the rubbish. |
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| | | From: ßeaker | Sent: 5/16/2008 10:15 AM |
Shef, I'm so incredibly sorry about the house. Pretty heartbreaking. But.... I'll have more of a chance coming to visit with you over there, then where you are now! Planning a trip to Wairoa in October, so will have to stop on my way through!  |
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| | | From: Alicat | Sent: 5/18/2008 5:37 AM |
I'm sorry to hear what happened to your house. Do you have any idea where the female has gone? I hope there's something that can be done to either get money out of her or at least have her charged with wilful damage. |
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sounds horrible, we were renting house out to keep it matained since it wasnt selling. it was with family friends mostly, the one time it wasnt they left hell of a mess. but sounds like you had it worse still =( hope it wont cost ya too much to fix up, they should have to pay for cleaning and repairs |
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| | | From: Alicat | Sent: 8/15/2008 11:49 PM |
Any news on your previous tenant yet? I hope they have caught up with her and you have a chance at getting reparation. |
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| | | From: shef© | Sent: 8/16/2008 2:34 PM |
Because of the privacy act we can't ask any Govt dept for any whereabouts (unless it's bailiffs- and at a cost) But she is well known to a LOT of people! I have a general description of where she's gone (Norton or Lumsden Rd). We have a network of friends who will eventually find out where she is! Chances are she will be ordered to pay us back at $5 a week So I may find myself outside her house at some stage-if so I will do something that will no doubt drop me right in the shit!!!! But will make me feel so much better |
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Mmmmmm Is that written in the policy Shef? The element of Wilfulness requires a deliberate act of damage, ie - a state of mind. Carelessness or thoughlessness doesnt cut it. Police will tell you that its not willful damage and that its a civil matter. I would suggest returning to the insurance company, and if still no luck, speak with the Insurance Ombudsman. |
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| | | From: Lovelee | Sent: 8/16/2008 11:40 PM |
We had a house we rented for years, we had only one tennant who kept up her rent, she left when she married and the hosue wasnt big enough for her and the family. Shef, we had broken windows, holes in the walls and floors, the house had not been kept clean (was a damp place and had some mildewy rooms - one bedroom and the bathroom), among other things. The tennants all knew we would supply anything necessary for cleaning or rebuilding/painting and that they would provide labour, so there was no real excuse for them. All repairs covered by insurance. Its a bummer though. Maybe you should get a mate to contact the house makeover people, arrange for it to be done as a 'surprise' |
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